PANCREATIC ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION INVOLVING ADJACENT DUODENUM IN A PATIENT WITH GASTROINTESTINAL-BLEEDING

Authors
TAKIGUCHI N ICHIKI N ISHIGE H YAMAZAKI T SARASHINA H SUZUKI I NAKAJIMA N
Citation
N. Takiguchi et al., PANCREATIC ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION INVOLVING ADJACENT DUODENUM IN A PATIENT WITH GASTROINTESTINAL-BLEEDING, The American journal of gastroenterology, 90(7), 1995, pp. 1151-1154
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
The American journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
90
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1151 - 1154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1995)90:7<1151:PAMIAD>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by arteriovenous malformation (AVM) o f the pancreas is extremely rare, A 56-yr-old man with AVM of the head of the pancreas who was presented with recurrent episode of melena is described herein, The preoperative diagnosis was confirmed by angiogr aphic study, and he was successfully treated with pancreatoduodenectom y. Histological examination of the resected specimen revealed pancreat ic AVM involving the adjacent duodenal wall.